Sherlock is shot, and John is left to say goodbye again. Yet, there is an inseparable bond between the two, even in death, which changes their lives.

Coming home was supposed to be the easy part. Now, suffering from auditory hallucinations, Sherlock refuses to acknowledge that the past months and years in his life have left a jarring impact on him. With John back in Baker Street, he knows that it's only a matter of time before his world crumbles apart once again.

There were many routine things about Mycroft Holmes' life: receiving a phone call saying his brother had been shot was not one of them. Mycroft Holmes' reaction to his brother's nearly-permanent-death.